Yesterday, along with dozens of fellow members of SEIU Local 512 in Virginia, I got on a bus to travel to Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina to march in solidarity with my union brothers and sisters, as well as activists from the NAACP and countless groups from around the country, to give voice to those who have been disenfranchised by voter suppression efforts in North Carolina and across the country.

Marriage equality means that LGBT working people will now have access to the same workplace laws, from healthcare to retirement benefits--that have always protected married workers and their spouses. It is right for this to be the case.